Abstract Recent studies have lent support to the idea that cultural variables such as powerdistance can influence management practices‚ and results found are in accordance withexpectations derived from cultural frameworks such as wasproposed by Hofstede’s (1980) and Kluckhohnand Strodtbeck’s (1961). Building on the concept of power distance as moderator of theparticipation/organizational outcome relationship‚ the current study investigates the impact ofpower distance on the orientation on employee participation
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The positive effects of tourism in the Philippines Nowadays tourism is widespread throughout the world. Millions of people travel to different countries all year round seeking rest‚ new experience‚ and impressions. Lately tourism has become quite a profitable business‚ which also brings benefits to a country’s economy and thus the well-being Philippine tourism is a significant sector of business. In the Philippines it is one of the main sources of national income. The most important positive
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IMPACT OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL CHANGES ON THE PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT OF ADOLESCENTS INTRODUCTION 1. The enormous socio-economic and cultural changes coupled with technological revolution have unfolded an urgency to address issues pertaining to grooming up of young personalities beyond the usual concerns of discipline and education in Bangladesh. This is because of the remarkable changes being marked in all the strata of the socio-economic system owing to the first moving cultural transformation
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The Environmental Impact of Tourism 1. Tourism and the Environment The term ‘environment’ is a generic concept. It encompasses different contexts including the cultural‚ social‚ political and economic. The most often assumed meaning of environment is that of nature. However‚ we must also remember that how we use nature carries with political‚ economic and social implications. We know that the impacts of human activities upon nature have implications for its biodiversity and the welfare
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6.The economic impact of tourism? Social and cultural impact of tourism As an industry‚ tourism is a dynamic‚ evolving‚ consumer-driven force. It is the world’s largest industry. It is the employer of 183 million people. This represents 10‚2% of the global workforce. By employing one out of every the workers‚ travel and tourism is the world’s largest employer. As an industry‚ tourism is expected to grow much faster than other sectors. Growing so rapidly‚ tourism presents tremendous opportunities
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Impact of Tourism on the Environment (Negril) Negril is situated on the western end of the island of Jamaica. It is known as the 7 mile beach even though it is slightly longer than 6.4 km in length. Negril is also called the tourism capital of Jamaica. Tourism is travel for business‚ leisure or recreational purposes and therefore has many impacts on the environment: as natural habitats both aquatic and terrestrial are being destroyed and damaged when hotels and roads are being built‚ causing pollution
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Final Paper Socio- Cultural issue and education Education gives us knowledge of the world around us. Education is not only about what we learn in our textbook as students but about the lessons we learn from those text books. It helps students develop a perspective on how to look at life. Education is the basic foundation for every one. It is instrumental in the development of our values and virtues. The future of our nation is safe in the hands of educated individuals‚ which is why
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Socio-cultural lens refer to as rational self‚ were being combine which is a contextual way to observe young people relate to culture and society which it is used. As context is defined as the situation that shape the definition with more explanation that have detail around as the main reason for why the contextual approach is beneficial because the information can be a figure that can carry a context in which to develop a concept that connect and able to contribute in the society and in order to
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1 tourism impacts The impacts of tourism can be sorted into seven general categories: 1. Economic 2. Environmental 3. Social and cultural 4. Crowding and congestion 5. Services 6. Taxes 7. Community attitude Each category includes positive and negative impacts. Not all impacts are applicable to every community because conditions or resources differ. Community and tourism leaders must balance an array of impacts that may either improve or negatively affect communities and their residents
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Impacts of “Commoditization” on Tourism Tourism & Social Policy Impacts of “Commoditization” on Tourism Types of tourism‚ these days‚ seem to be as plentiful as ice cream flavours. Marketing teams have developed “the dream vacation” for just about everyone‚ whether your interests lie in adventure travel‚ cruising‚ or wine tasting‚ your imagination (and perhaps your budget) is pretty much your only limitation. Along side this ever increasing
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